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Pastime with good company
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(by Henry VIII of England)
Pastime with good company
I love and shall until I die.
Grudge who likes, but none deny,
So God be pleased, thus live will I.
For my pastance:
Hunt, sing, and dance.
My heart is set!
All goodly sport
For my comfort.
Who shall me let?
Youth must have some dalliance,
Of good or ill some pastance.
Company I think then best --
All thoughts and fantasies to digest.
For idleness
Is chief mistress
Of vices all.
Then who can say
But mirth and play
Is best of all?
Company with honesty
Is virtue -- vices to flee.
Company is good and ill,
But every man has his free will.
The best ensue.
The worst eschew.
My mind shall be.
Virtue to use.
Vice to refuse.
Thus shall I use me!
['Pastance' means 'pastime indulgences or pleasures'.]
This poem rhymes thus:
aaaabbcddc for stanza one; bbeeffghhg for stanza two; aaiijjakka.
It is slioghtly irregular.
(i) I wish you to write two or three stanzas with the PATTERN:
aabbccdeed. This is a very close approximation to Henry's stanzas. Of course, I do not require you to copy Henry's rhymes necessarily but to use this PATTERN for each stanza.
(ii) This poem by his very late majesty is a light-hearted one.
You are to write on an activity (or associated ones) that are your "pastance"!
(iii) The first four lines of each stanza should be eight syllables and the following six lines are to be four syllables.
(iv) Repetition to give a song-like character: Notice Henry used "pastance" twice; "company" four times; 'good' (& goodly) four times; "vices" twice, etc. Now, I do not wish you to 'ape' this but bear the repetition of certain words and syntactical methods
in mind.
(v) Enjoy yourself. Direct further questions to the account 'Winklings'. Oh, enter as many times as you wish. Make a banquet of it!
Pastime with good company
==============================
(by Henry VIII of England)
Pastime with good company
I love and shall until I die.
Grudge who likes, but none deny,
So God be pleased, thus live will I.
For my pastance:
Hunt, sing, and dance.
My heart is set!
All goodly sport
For my comfort.
Who shall me let?
Youth must have some dalliance,
Of good or ill some pastance.
Company I think then best --
All thoughts and fantasies to digest.
For idleness
Is chief mistress
Of vices all.
Then who can say
But mirth and play
Is best of all?
Company with honesty
Is virtue -- vices to flee.
Company is good and ill,
But every man has his free will.
The best ensue.
The worst eschew.
My mind shall be.
Virtue to use.
Vice to refuse.
Thus shall I use me!
['Pastance' means 'pastime indulgences or pleasures'.]
This poem rhymes thus:
aaaabbcddc for stanza one; bbeeffghhg for stanza two; aaiijjakka.
It is slioghtly irregular.
(i) I wish you to write two or three stanzas with the PATTERN:
aabbccdeed. This is a very close approximation to Henry's stanzas. Of course, I do not require you to copy Henry's rhymes necessarily but to use this PATTERN for each stanza.
(ii) This poem by his very late majesty is a light-hearted one.
You are to write on an activity (or associated ones) that are your "pastance"!
(iii) The first four lines of each stanza should be eight syllables and the following six lines are to be four syllables.
(iv) Repetition to give a song-like character: Notice Henry used "pastance" twice; "company" four times; 'good' (& goodly) four times; "vices" twice, etc. Now, I do not wish you to 'ape' this but bear the repetition of certain words and syntactical methods
in mind.
(v) Enjoy yourself. Direct further questions to the account 'Winklings'. Oh, enter as many times as you wish. Make a banquet of it!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 22, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 3030, Silver: 2000, Bronze: 1000, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: These six poems all were a pleasure to read. All were technically correct in rhyme and syllable count. Some were very spirited as is a song; others were intellectually attuned. Thank you all for joining in the fun because that is what it is about! However, I must do the odious job of ordering you all. Do not take it to heart, but I must do it. Again, this is anonymous as I coded as I went.
GOLD: A Feast of Versifying. Congratulations. Yes, it WAS a feast!
SILVER: An Equine Philosophy.
You, poet, love horses, intellectually and passionately as did that classical fabulist, Dean Swift.
BRONZE: On the Square: Doh Cee Doh!
I thought this unassuming poem would have been right up Henry's street. [Beware of young Henrys, maid, if you ARE a maid! ]
1st HM: The Art of Drama. Yes, you wound me up here. I liked it!
2nd HM: In Pursuit of Russian Litrerature.
Henry was a scholar. I do not know if Russian novels would have been his Pastance but they are obviously yours, poet.
3rd HM: Two stanzas where there was a little struggle here and there but yet a fine metaphor was eeveloped and hung on to.
So, congratulations to King Henry and to you all. Long may you live for he is well dead. Lyndon.
Contest Winners
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Bounce my quest in rhyming saddle,
sending hoof down road to rattle,• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4651047, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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by crystaldust 31 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 7 6:16 AM 2008. In Contest, Humor, Personal
Honorable mention
• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
A book, a chair, an afternoon,
the sun in chase of setting moon• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
To sit and dream is my pastime.
None for me is a waste of time.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
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Thank you Ron for another interesting contest.
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Thanks much Ron...I do enjoy these contests...congrats to all...Rich
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Thank you
Margaret And Rich.
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